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REPORT 



UPON THE 



BEONZE TABLETS 



IN MEMORY or THE 



SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED AT BUNKER HILL, 
JUNE 17, 1775: 

PLACED IN WINTHROP SQUAEE, CHARLESTOWN, 
JUNE 17, 1889, 

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BOSTON. 



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BOSTON: 
ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS, 

No. 39 ARCH 8TREKT. 
1889. 



REPORT 



UPON THE 



BRONZE TABLETS 



IN MEMORY OF THE 



SOLDIERS WHO WERE KILLED AT BUNKER HILL, 
JUNE 17, 1775: 

PLACED IN WINTHEOP SQUAEE, CHARLESTOWN, 
JUJSIE 17, 1889, 

BY ORDER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF BOSTON. 




BOSTON: 
ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, CITY PRINTERS, 

No. 39 ARCH STREET. 

1889. 






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[Document 73—1889.] 



CITY OF i^M BOSTON. 




REPORT 



JOINT SPECIAL COMMITTEE 



BUNKER HILL TABLETS, 



City of Boston, 
In Common Council, January 24, 1889. 

Ordered, That a special committee of five members of the 
Common Council, with such as the Board of Aldermen may 
join, be appointed to arrange and prepare four bronze tablets 
to bear the names of the American patriots killed or fatally 
injured at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775 ; said tablets to em- 
brace the requisite list of names now in the hands of the 
Record Commissioners, with such other names as belong in 
the list ; said tablets to be completed in season for erection 
on the occasion of the coming celebration of the anniversary 
of the Battle of Bunker Hill,' June 17, 1889 ; said tablets to 
be placed in such position as the committee may determine 
in connection with the site of the battle ; and the expense of 
the tablets to be charged to the appropriation for incidentals 
for the fiscal year of 1889 and 1890. 

Passed, and Messrs. Keenan, Oakes, Baglejs I. F. Pierce, 
and W. J. Doherty, were appointed on said committee. 
Sent up for concurrence. In Board of Aldermen, February 
4, concurred, and Aldermen Stacey, Folsom,and Rogers were 
appointed on said committee. Approved by the Mayor, 
February 6, 1889. 



ii City Document No. 73. 

The Joint Special Committee appointed under the fore- 
goinir order be<>: leave to submit the followinff 

KEPORT : 

The ])roject of erecting such tal)lets at Bunker Hill origi- 
nated in an order passed by the Common Council, March 
29, 188i<, and by the Aldermen on April 2, 1888. A report 
was made by the committee of last year, Jan. 3, 1889 
(sec proceedings of 1888, p. 1067). The list of names col- 
lected from the Massachusetts Archives was printed in the 
"Boston Globe" for June 15, 1888. 

The present committee was appointed and confirmed Feb. 
8, 1889. It met and organized February 27, and at once 
proceeded to work. March 8, Mr. AVhitmore, Record Com- 
missioner, was directed to prepare a list and submit it in print, 
and April 24 he reported. The committee deemed it un- 
wise to take any decided action involving expense until the 
annual appro[)riations were passed. At this last date it was 
voted to have the City Architect (Mr. Bateman) prepare a 
design for the tablets; April 27, his design was received 
and approved ; May 8, the bids for furnishing the bronze 
tablets and the iron frame were opened and contracts 
awarded. 

Your committee first proposed to place the tablets, re- 
serving, of course, the propert}^ of the city therein, at the 
entrance to Monument square, opposite to Monument avenue. 
This idea was made known, informally, to members of the 
management of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, and 
at a meeting of your committee, on April 24, its chairman 
was directed to make a formal a|)plication. A letter was 
sent by Alderman Stacey to Hon. F. W. Lincoln, April 2(), 
and a conference was held on Tuesday, May 14. The delays 
were in no way attributable to your committee. 

The correspondence which followed will be found in Ap- 
pendix E. 

The unexpected objections made to the site first selected, 
led your committee to decide upon the well-known locality 
of Winthrop square, that being, in fact, a portion of Bunker 
Hill, and already adorned with the monument erected to the 
memoi-y of the soldiers from Charlestown in the late war. In 
making this choice your committee followed the old rule of 
placing a city memorial upon land owned by the city, and 
the wisdom of this rule has been abundantly shown l)y the 
experience already related. 

Your committee, having been duly empowered, accord- 
ingly arranged to place these tablets at a new entrance made 
into Winthrop square, at its north-west corner. A smaller 



Eeport of Committee on Buijker Hill Tablets, iii 

entrance has also been made at the south-east corner, and the 
paths have been re-located, so as to aiford the most direct 
line of travel from City square to Hammond square. 

In presenting the lists of the soldiers killed or mortally 
wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, your committee 
wishes to disclaim most distinctly any idea that this record 
is complete. No perfect list was made at the time and 
none can now be constructed ; but it is certain that one 
hundred and thirty-seven names of the rank and file have 
been recovered, and it is doubtful if more than a dozen 
names additional will ever be secured. It is to be hoped 
that the City Council will authorize some continnation of the 
investigation of this subject. The names now inscribed on 
the tablets are derived from the archives of Massachusetts, 
New Hampshire, and Connecticut ; but now that public 
attention has been called to the suliject, and the extent of 
our present knowledge is made apparent, it is to be hoi)ed 
that family evidences and town records may supply us with 
more and authentic data. 

Your committee, in providing for suital)le ceremonies on 
the public dedication of this monument, on the 17th of 
June, had the pleasure of securing Hon. John R. Murphy as 
orator, and Thomas W. Parsons as poet. The ceremonies 
duly took place to the pul)lic satisfaction, and the tablets are 
now in proper care. Your committee desires especially to 
praise the mechanical execution of the bronze work furnished 
by C. T. Robinson & Co., of this city. 

Believing that some more notice should be taken of this 
event than this report aftbrds, your committee respectfully 
recommend the passage of the order annexed. 

BENJAMIN F. STACEY, 
ALBERT A. FOLSOM, 
HOMER ROGERS, 
THOMAS F. KEENAN, 
WILLIAM H. OAKES, 
FRANK E. BAGLEY, 
ISRAEL F. PIERCE, 
WILLIAM J. DOHERTY, 

City Hall, Boston, June 20, 1889. Committee. 



Ordered, That the Joint Special Committee on the Bunker 
Hill Tablets be authorized and directed to have prepared and 
distributed a Memorial volume, to contain the proceedings 
at the dedication, together with such accompanying docu- 
ments as they deem appropriate ; the edition to consist of 
twenty-five hundred copies, and the expense to be charged 
to the appropriation for Printing. 



APPENDIX A. 



Alderman Stacey, Chairman : — 

Dear Sir, — In accordance with the instructions of your com- 
mittee, I beg leave to submit such facts as I have collected in 
regard to the American loss in killed and wounded at the battle of 
Bunker Hill. 

The history of the battle was carefully prepared by Hon. Rich- 
ard Frothingham, jr., and printed in 1849 and 1851. My quotations 
are from the latter edition. The City of Boston has also published 
the proceedings at the Centennial Anniversary in 1875, containing 
the admirable address by Gen. Charles Devens, jr., and a careful 
bibliography of the previous writings on the subject prepared by 
Justin Winsor, Esq. These authorities are the main ones cited 
in this report. 

It should be said, however, that while Frothingham has given a 
most thorough and intelligent account of the buttle and of the 
forces engaged in it, he was unable to supply the very details 
which your committee especially desires. Owing to an entire lack 
of official data as to the individuals killed or wounded, he could 
only give the aggregate results. 

Most fortunately, within a few years, the information so ear- 
nestly desired has been obtained. 

Some years ago, the State acquired a number of pay-rolls which 
had been preserved at Watertown by the descendants of John 
Brown, who was President of the Board of War in 1775. These 
lists, made in August and October of that year, contained data of 
claims of the soldiers for clothing. In many instances the widows 
or heirs of soldiers applied. At the time, an entry was made of 
soldiers killed, and these facts are the ones used in this report. 
The entire rolls have been carefully examined, and it is thought all 
the entries relating to " Bunker Hill Fight " have been copied. 

The following facts, recorded by Frothingham, will be found 
interesting. Of the American troops, the number engaged at any 
one time was 1,500, though, perhaps, 1,000 more were in the 
fight at intervals. 

The best estimate of the American loss was : killed, 140 ; 
wounded, 271 ; captured, 30. These figures and authorities will 
be examined later. 

The British force was stated by General Gage at something over 
2,000; 35 officers and 191 rank and file killed; 122 officers and 
706 rank and file wounded. But it is probable that the British 
troops were at least 4,000, and possibly their loss exceeded the 
1,054 above stated. 



2 City Document No. 73. 

The battle began about three o'clock and lasted an honr and a 
half. The American fortifications are thus described by General 
Devens : — 

" The redoubt, which would enclose the spot where the Monu- 
ment now stands, was upon the crest of Breed's Hill, an eminence 
about seventy feet in height. It was about eight rods square, 
with its front towards the south, overlooking the town and Charles 
river. Its south-eastern angle directly faced Copp's Hill, while its 
easterly side fronted extensive fields, which lay between it and 
Moultou's Point. INIoultou's Hill, then about thirty feet in height, 
but now levelled wnth the surface of the ground, was situated 
between it and Moultou's Point. The eastern side of the redoubt 
was i)roloiiged by a breastwork detached by a sally-port, wliich 
extended for about one hundred yards towards a marsh ; while tlie 
northern side overlooked the Mystic river, from which it was dis- 
tant about five hundred yards." 

" Knowlton . . . moved about six hundred feet to the rear 
of the redoubt upon the side towards the Mystic, and took a posi- 
tion there near the base of Bunker Hill, properly so called, finding 
a fence which extended towards the JNIystic, the foundation of 
wdiich was of stone and upon it two rails. Rapidly making, with 
the materia's he found, another fence a few feet clistant, he filled 
the interval with grass." 

" Stark extended the line of Knowlton, by rails and stones taken 
from adjoining fences, until it reached the river, making on the 
extreme left on the beach a strong stone wall. As the rail-fence 
was so far to the rear of the redoubt, there was, of course, an 
interval which some slight attempt had been made to close, and 
where also was posted the artillery of the Americans . 
which was of little importance during the action." 

'' Upon the extreme right were posted a few troops extending 
towards the base of the hill, while two flanking parties were thrown 
out by Prescott to harass the enemy." 



Charlestown, as is well known, is a peninsula about a mile in 
length from norih to south, connected with the main land by a 
narrow neck. The Mystic river is on the east side, and the 
Charles river, on the west, separates the town from Boston. "Bun- 
ker Hill begins at the isthmus and rises gradually for about three 
hundred yards, forming a round, smooth hill slo|)ing on two sides 
towards the water, and connected by a ridge of ground on the 
south with the heights now known as Breed's Hill." Bunker 
Hill was 110 feet high. Breed's 7.5 feet, and Morton's Hill 35 
feet. 

The redoubt was on Breed's Hill; but the larger elevation, 
Bunker's Hill, by some popular erior, at an early date received 
the honor of designating the battle. 

Two roads from the Neck ran into the town. The westerly one, 
nearest the Charles river, was swept by the guns of the British 
vessels. The other one passed at the side of Bunker Hill, behind 
the redoubt, and crossed the rail-fence. This, might have been 



Appendix. 3 

commanded by Bi'itisli vessels in the Mystic, but fortunately none 
were placed there. The battle was fought, therefore, on the east- 
erly side of the town. 

The first attack of the British troops was in two divisions : 
General Howe, with the right wing, moving along the Mystic side, 
against the rail-fence, and General Pigot, with the left wing, against 
the redoubt. The second attack was similar; but the third and 
successful assault was by the combined forces directly upon the 
redoubt. After the British took it, the Americans retreated in 
good order, maintaining the contest over the slopes of Bunker 
Hill. 



Frothingham states that it is impossible to decide about the 
exact troops engaged on the American side. Men were coming 
and going all day, and the contemporaneous reports are very 
meagre and contradictory. The estimate (Hist., p. 198) of the 
losses is as follows : — 





Regiment. 


Killed. 


Wounded. 


Regiment. 


Killed. 


Wounded 


I. 


Prescott . 


42 


28 


X. Gridley . 





4 


II. 


Bridge 


1.5 


29 


XI. Ward . . 


1 


6 


in. 


Frye . . . 


15 


31 


XII. Scamman. 





2 


VI. 


Brewer . 


7 


11 


XIII. Gerrish . 


3 


2 


V. 


Little . . . 


7 


23 


XIV. Whitcomb 


5 


8 


VI. 


Gardner . 


6 


7 


XV. Stark . . 


15 


45 


vn. 


Nixon 


3 


10 


XVI. Reed . . 


5 


21 


VIII 


. Woodbridge. 


1 


5 


Putnam & Coit's 


Co. 11 


26 


IX. 


Dooliitle . . 





9 


Chester's Co. 


4 


4 



Total: killed, 140; wounded, 271; captured, 30. 

Colonel Swett, in his account of the battle, agrees with these 
figures, except that lie makes Bridge's loss in killed 1(3, and omits 
Reed's, 5. His total is 136. I am inclined to think that the esti- 
mate of 140 killed, is rather high, and that the lists subjoined, in- 
cluding the mortally wounded, will cover nearly all of those who 
fell. ^ 

The following results bj' regiments show what is certainly 
known : — 



I. Prescott's Regiment. 

Prescott's regiment, commanded by Col. William Prescott, 
claims precedence, both for its losses and the prominence of its 
chief. It was raised in Middlesex, but it is uncertain how many 
of its companies were in the fight. The adjutant, William Green, 
Captains Maxwell and Farwell, and Lieutenant Brown, were 
wounded. Frothingham says that Lieutenant Prescott, a nephew 
of the colonel, and probably serving in this regiment, was killed. 
It is certain, however, that he means m}' number, 78, Benjamin 
Prescott, who was sergeant in Dows' company in this regiment. 



4 City Document No. 73. 

Lieut. Amaziah Fassett, of Groton, was mortally wounded, cap- 
tured, and died in Boston. 

The evidence is very strong that Lieutenant Joseph Spaulding, 
of Groton, was also killed. Vol. 5G, p. Gl, of Holls, has his name, 
with five others, as killed or taken. Vol. 15, p. 55, has a full list 
of Lawrence's company. 1st Lieut. Joseph Spaulding, of Pep- 
perell, is entered as enlisted April 30th, 1775, and credited with 
fort}' nine days' pay, while most of the others have ninety-eight 
day's pay. This would take him just to June 17th, and confirm 
the other entry. 

The evidence here given recovers for us the names of thii-ty- 
six of the rank and file of this regiment killed, -or mortalU' 
wounded. To Aaron Burr, of Meryfield (? now Rowe), of 
Capt. Hugh Maxwell's company in this regiment, these rolls 
give the honor of being " the fiist man killed June 17."* 

Captain Dow's and Captain INIoor's companies include some New 
Hampshire men who served in this regiment. 

Killed. 

1. Peter Whitcomb, Littleton, Capt. Samuel Gilbert. 

2. Benjamin Dole, Littleton, do 
8. John Lawrence, Littleton, do 

4. James Whitemore, Littleton, do 

Died from, Wounds. 

5. Isaac Whitcomb, unknown, do 

6. Archibald Mcintosh, Brookline, N.H., do 

7. James Coneck,** Brookline, N.H., do 

Killed. 

8. Chambers Corey, Groton, Capt. Ephraim Corey. 

Died from Wounds. 

9. Daniel McGrath, Amherst, do 







Killed. 










10. 

11. 


John Gibson, 
Cesar Bason, *** 


Fitchl)urg, 
Westford, 


Ca 


pt. 


Abijah Wyman. 
do 


12. 
13. 


Died from Wounds 

Amos Wheeler, unknown, 
Oliver Stevens, Townsend, 


'• 




do 
do 






Killed. 










14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 


Nathaniel Parker, 
William Warrin, 
Edmund Peers, 
Wainwright Fisk, 


Pei)perell, 
Pepperell, 
Pepperell, 
Pepperell, 




Cs 


ipt. 


John Nutting, 
do 
do 
do 



* See, however, Bridge's regiraent, post. 
••Not on the Mass. Coat Rolls. 
♦♦* Presumably a colored mau, as several were In the fight. 







Appendix. 




18. 


Elbenezev Laughton 


, Pepperell, 


Capt. John Nutting. 


19. 


Jeremiah Shattuck, 


Pepperell, 


do 


20. 


Jesse Corless, 


Deerfield, 


Capt. Hugh Maxwell 


21. 


Eben Faills, 


Charlemonf, 


do 


22. 


Aaion Bair, " first 


man killed," 


Meryfield (Rowe), do 


23. 


Jonathan Bate, 


Winchendon, 


, Capt. Samuel Patch. 


24. 


Jonas Looker, 


Sudbury, 


do 


25. 


Joseph Minott, 


Westford, 


Capt. Joshua Parker, 


26. 


Jonathan Hadley, 


Westford, 


do 


27. 


Peter Fisk, 


Groton, 


do 


28. 


Jonathan Jenkins, 


Groton, 


Capt. Henry Farwell. 


29. 


James Dodge, 


Groton, 


Capt. Asa Lawrence. 


30. 


Stephen Foster, 


Groton, 


do 


31. 


Abraham Blood, 


Groton, 


do 


32. 


Benjamin Wood, 


Groton, 


do 


33. 


Simon Hobart, 


Groton, 


do 


34. 


Robert Parker, 


Groton, 


do 



These last-named six men are entered on Capt. Lawrence's roll 
as killed or taken. Dodge and Foster died in captivity in Boston, 
and the evidence is reasonably strong that the other four died. 
As to Robert Parker, he is entered at the corner of Lawrence's 
Coat Roll; but Vol. 56, p. 64, gives Robert Parker, and Robert 
Parker, jr., in Capt. Ephraim Cory's company, and adds that 
Robert Parker died Sept 30th, at Cambridge. I presume that 
these two entries on the two rolls mean the same man, and that it 
is a fair inference that the Groton man died of wounds received at 
Bunker Hill. 

Died from TFownds. 

35. John Gordon, Stow, Capt. Asa Lawrence. 

36. David Kemp (died Sept. 10), Groton, do 



II. Bridge's Regiment. 

Commanded by Col. P^benezer Bridge ; was represented, prob- 
ably, by only a part of its companies. Lieut. -Col. Moses Parker, 
of Chelmsford, was mortally wounded, captured, and died in Bos- 
ton as did also Capt. Benjamin Walker, of Chelmsford. 

Frothinghain (p. 126) says that early on June 17 a private was 
killed by a cannon-ball, and that it was (29) Asa Pollard, of Bil- 
let ica, of Captain Stickney's company in this regiment. Swett's 
history seems to be the authority for this anecdote. See, however, 
ante, Aaron Barr, of Prescott's regiment, No. 19. 

Our rolls give — 



37. Benjamin Eastey, 

38. Asa Pollard,* 



Killer! . 

Billerica, 
Billerica, 



Capt. 



Jona. Stickney. 
do 



* Not on the roll, but in the orders. 
Note. — Seven men killed in Dow's company, three killed and two mortally wounded in 
Moors's company, all serving under Prescott, and recorded in the New Hampshire list in Ap- 
pendix C. This makes a total of forty-eight killed under Prescott, besides the three officers. 



6 City Document No. 73. 

39. John Thessill, Dracut, Capt. Peter Coburn. 

40. Joseph Kemp, Dunstable, Capt. Eben. Bancroft. 

41. Francis Pool,* Gloucester, Capt. John Rowe. 

42. Josuxh Brooks, Gloucester, do 

43. William Parsons, Gloucester, do 

III. Frye's Regiment. 

Col. James Frye's regiment, from Essex, was commissioned May 
20. The loss as recorded was : — 

Killed. 

44. David Huntington, Amesbury, Capt. John Currier. 

45. John Eaton, Haverhill, Capt. James Sawyer. 

46. Simeon Pike, Haverhill, do 

Died of Wounds. 

47. Joseph Hibbard, Dracut, do 

Killed. 

48. Ebenezer Herrick, Methnen, Capt. John Davis. 

Killed. 

49. Samuel Russell (not stated), Capt. Jonas Richardson. 

50. Daniel Evens (not stated), do 

51. James Milliken (not stated), ■ do 

52. Jolm Blyth (not stated), do 

53. Ichabod March, Amesbury, Capt. Wm, H. Ballard. 

54. Joseph Simmons, Boxford, Capt. Wm. Perley. 

Died of Wounds, 
bb. James Boynton, Boxford, do 

Killed. 

56. Philip Abbot, Andover, Capt. Benj. Ames. 

57. William Haggitt, Andover, do 

58. Joseph Chandler, Andover, do 

Died of Wounds. 

59. Jesse Holt, Andover, do 

IV. Brewer's Regiment. 

Col. Jonatlian Brewer's regiment, from Worcester and Middle- 
sex, consisted, June 15, of 397 men. It seems that only about 
one-half of the regiment was in the fight, and they were stationed 
mostly on the diagonal line between the breastwork and rail-fence. 
The colonel and the lieutenant-colonel (William Buckminster) were 
both wounded, and tiie regiment evidently made a brilliant record. 



* Biil)son'8 " History of Gloucester " states that Pool and Brooks were killed at the rail 
fence, and Parsons at the redoubt. They are recorded as killed in Rolls vol. 16, p. 11. 



Appendix. 



Killed. 
GO. Josiah Bacon, Hutchinson (Barre), Capt. John Black. 

61. John Barrett, Hutchinson (Barre), do 

62. Ebeuezer Childs, jr., Hutchinson (Barre) do 



63. Lucas Green, 



Died of Wounds. 
Winchendon, 



64. Comeing Fairbank, 
6o. Joshua Haynes, 
66. Lebbeus Jennings, 



Killed. 

Framinghara, 

Sudbury, 

Deerfield, 



do 



Capt. Aaron Haynes. 

do 
Cap. Thad Russell. 



67. Jonas B'arnard, 

68. Timothy Evins, 

69. Stephen Ayies, 



Died of Wounds. 

Watertown, 

Ware, 

Belchertown, 



Capt. 
Capt. 



Isaac Grray. 
Jona. Bardwell. 
do 



V. Little's Regiment." 



Col. Moses Little's regiment, from Essex, was not commissioned 
till June 26. Three comptinies were led on by Colonel Little, and 
distinguished themselves. 

Killed. 

Gloucester, Capt. Nath'l Warner. 
Gloucester, do 

Newbury port, Capt. Benj. Perkins 

Newburyport, do 

Jpswich, Capt. Abraham Dodge. 



70. 
71. 
72. 
73. 
74. 



Daniel Callahan, 
Benjamin Smith, 
Moses Pigeon. 
Samuel Nelson, 
Jesse Story, 



VL Gardner's Regiment. 



Col. Thomas Gardner's regiment was from Middlesex. He was 
mortally wounded, and died July 3, 1775. Our rolls contain no 
names from this regiment, though Swett makes their loss six 
killed and seven wounded. The Charlestowa company especially 
distinguished itself. 

VIL Nixon's Regiment. 

"Col. John Nixon's regiment, from Middlesex and Worcester, 
was neither full nor commissioned, and both the returns and the 
details of it are very meagre." (Frothingham.) Col. Nixon 
was badly wounded, and Swett credits the regiment with 3 killed 
and 10 w^ounded. Our lists have no names for this regiment. 



VII r. Woodbridge's Regiment. 

" Col. Benjamin R. Woodbridge's regiment, of Hampshire, also 
was not commissioned, and there are few details of it, or of its 
officers, in the accounts of the battle." (Frotliingham.) Swett 
estimates one killed and five wounded, but none are on our rolls. 



City Docibient No. 73. 



IX. Doolittle's Regiment. 

" Col. Ephraim Doolittle's regiment was comraissioned June 
12th, when a return names onl}' seven companies. Tlie colonel 
and lieutenant-colonel were absent on the day of battle, and Major 
Willard Moore led on, it is stated, three hundred of its men." 
(Frothingham.) 

Major Moore was mortally wounded and died on the field. Our 
rolls give three soldiers also as 

Killed. 

75. Joshua Whitcomb, Templeton, Capt. Joel Fletcher. 

7G. Jeduthan Alexander, Marlboro', Capt. Jona. Holman. 

77. Benjamin Reed, Rutland, Capt. Adam Wheeler. 

X. Gridley's Regiment. 

Col. Richard Gridley commanded the artillery, of which three 
companies were in the fight, though of little service. He was a 
veteran of the French wars, planned the works at Breed's Hill, 
and was wounded in the battle. 

XI. Ward's Regiment. 

Gen. Arteraas Ward's regiment, from Worcester, was commis- 
sioned May 23, 1775. It was not ordered to Charlestown till late 
in the day, and only a few companies were engaged. * 

Our lists give as 

Killed. 

78. Samuel Heards, Grafton, Capt. Luke Drury. 

XII. Scamman's Regiment. 

"James Scamman's regiment, from Maine, did not advance 
nearer the battle than Bunker Hill ; and its colonel was tried for 
disobedience of orders, but acquitted." (Frothingham.) Swett 
notes two soldiers as wounded, but none as killed. 

XIII. Gerrish's Regiment. 

Samuel Gerrish commanded this regiment, but only a part went 
into battle, under command of the adjutant. Christian Febiger. 
Swett credits it with three killed. 

Our Rolls give as 

Killed. 

79. Thomas Doyl, a deserter from the 

King's troops. Capt. Wm Rogers. 

* Sergt. John Brown of Leicester, and Corp. Kerley Ward of Oakham, in Capt Wash- 
burn's company are returned as wounded, but they evidently lived till August. 



Appendix. 



XIV. Whitcomb's Regiment. 

Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, of Worcester, had probably two 
companies in the battle, and Swett records that five men were killed 
and eight wounded. 

Our Rolls give as 

Killed. 

80. David Robbins, Lancaster, Capt. Andrew Haskell. 

81. Sergt. Robert Phelps, Lancaster, do. 

(died a prisoner) . 

Glover's Regiment. 

Under Col. John Glover, our rolls give one man. 

Killed. 

82. Thomas Allen, Marblehead, Capt. Joel Smith. 



We have now to consider the New Hampshire men. 
give from those serving under Colonel Prescott : — 



Our rolls 



Killed. 



83. Sergt. Nathan Blood, 

84. Phineas Nevens, 

85. Thomas Wheat, jr., 

86. Peter Poor, 

[Caleb Eastman*], 

87. Isaac Hobart, 

88. Jacob Boynton, 

89. Sergt. Be^ij. Prescott,^ 

90. Ebenezer Youngman, 

91. Thomas Colbourn, 

XV. Stark's Regiment, N.H. 

Col. John Stark's regiment was large and well-filled. The 
major, Andrew McClarv, was killed on the 17th, after the British 
had occupied Bunker Hill. Capt. Isaac Baldwin, of Hillsborough, 
also fell. 

The New Hampshire records give the following persons as 

Killed. 



Hollis, 


Capt. 


Reuben Dows 


Hollis, 




do. 


Hollis, 




do. 


Hollis, 




do. 


Hollis, 




do. 


Hollis, 




do. 


Hollis, 




do. 


Groton, 


Capt. Joseph Moors 


Hollis, 




do. 


Dunstable, 




do. 



92. 


Paul Caldwell,*** 


Londonderry, 


Capt. Scott. 


93. 


William French,*** 


Nelson, 


do. 


94. 


Jonas Howe,*** 


Marlborough, 


do. 


95. 


Joseph Taylor, 


Peterborough, 


do. 


96. 


Thomas Collins, 


Windham, 


Capt. Woodbury. 


97. 


Moses Poor, 




do. 


? 




98. 


Caleb Dalton,. 




Capt. Richards. 


1 


99. 


William Mitchell, 


Concord, 


Capt. Abbot. 


100. 


John Manuel, 


Bow, 


Capt. Kinsman. 


101. 


Sergt. Asahel Nims,***Keene, 


Capt. Stiles. 


102. 


George Shannon, 


Canterbury, 


Capt. G. Hutchins. 



* Killed June 19 by the bursting of his gun. ** A Massachusetts n\an. 

*** These four men are on the Mass. Coat Rolls as coinnaanded by Col. Paul Dudley Sargent. 



10 



City Document No. 73. 



Mortally Wounded. 

103. William McCrillis, Nottingham, Capt. Dearborn. 

104. Joseph Broderick, , Capt. Moore. 



XVI. Reed's Regiment, N.H. 

This regiment was commanded by Col. James Reed, and con- 
sisted, June 14th, of 486 rank and file. 
The New Hampshii'e records give as 



105. Isaac Adams, 

lOG. George Carlton, 

107. Jonathan Lovejoy, 

108. Joseph Blood, 

109. Kbenezer Blood, jr., 

110. David Carleton, 

111. John Cole, 

112. James Hutchinson, 

113. John Davis, 

114. Joseph Farwell, 

115. James Patten, 

116. JohnMelvin, 

117. Benjamin Chamberlain, 

118. Parker Hills, 

119. David Scott, 



Killed. 

Rindge, 

Rindge, 

Rindge, 

Mason, 

Mason, 

Lyndeborough, 

Amherst, 

Amherst, 

Chesterfield, 

Charlestown, 



Candia, 
Peterborough, 



Capt. Thomas, 
do. 
do. 
Capt. Mann. 

do 
Capt. Spaulding. 
Capt. Crosby. 

do. 

Capt. Hinds. 

Capt. Marcy. 

do. 

do. 

do. 

Capt. H. Hutchins. 

Capt. El. Townes. 



The same records also give as 



120. 
121. 
122. 
123. 
124. 



Paul Clogston, 
Asa Cram, 
Jonathan Gray, 
Jason Russell, 
Oliver Wood, 



Mortally Wounded. 

Nashua, 

Wilton, 

Wilton, 

Nashua, 

Nashua, 



Capt. Walker, 
do. 
do. 
do. 
do. 



Connecticut Troops. 

" The conduct of the Connecticut troops is mentioned in terms 
of high commendation in the private letters and the journals of the 
time. Major Durkee ; Captains Knowlton, Chester, Coit ; Lieu- 
tenants Dana, Hide, Grosvenor, Webb, Bingham, and Keyes, are 
especially mimed as deserving of credit." (Frotliingham.) Col. 
White, of the Adjutant-General's office, Hartford, has kindly fur- 
nished the following list of 



Appendix. 11 

Killed. 



125. Roger Fox. 

126. William Cbeeney. 

127. Asahel Lyou. 

128. Benjamin Ross. 

129. Samuel Ashbo. 

130. Gershom Smith. 

131. Matthew Cummings. 

132. Daniel Memory. 

133. Wilson Rowlandson. 



Soldiers Unassioned. 

134. Amasa Fisk, Pepperrell. 

135. William Robinson, 

136. John Dillon, Jersey, Eng. 

137. John Lord. 



Officers killed or mortally loounded. 

1. Maj.-Gen. Joseph Warren. 

2. Col. Thomas Gardner. 

3. Lt.-Col. Moses Parker, of Bridge's regiment. 

4. Major William- Moore, of Doolittle's regiment. 

5. Major Andrew McClary, of Stark's regiment. 

6. Capt. Isaac Baldwin, of Stark's regiment. 

7. Capt. Benjamin Walker, of Bridge's regiment. 

8. Lieut. Amaziah Fausett, of Prescott's regiment. 

9. Lieut. Joseph Spaulding, of Prescott's regiment. 



APPENDIX B. 



Killed at Bunker Hill, June 17, 1775. 

From Massachusptts Revolalionarij Rolls^ Vols. 56, 57. 
(" Coat Rolls and Orders.") 



Vol. 56. 
44. . 1 



45 



4« . 



48 



50 



51 



sa. 



53 . . 7 . 



58 



5T. . 



60 



61 . . 36 



David Huntington , 
John Eaton . . . , 
Simeon Pilie . . . 
Ebenezer Herrick 
Samuel Russel . 
Daniel Evens . . 
James Millikin . 
John Blyth . . . 
Ichabod March . 
Joseph Simmons 
Philip Abbot . . 
Joseph Chandler 
William Haggit . 
Josiah Bacon . . 
John Barrett . . 



Amesbury 



Haverhill 



Haverhill 



Methucu . . . 



Residence not stated . 



Residence not stated 



Boston 



Residence not stated 



Amesbury 



Bosford 



Andover 



Andover 



Andover 



Hutchinson (Barre) . 
Hutchinson (Barre) . 



( " Lost in battle, 17lh June." 
'. Capt . John Currier, Col. 
( James Frye. 

" Dead 17 June, killed." 
Capt. James Sawyer, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Dead 17 June, killed." 
Capt. James Sawyer, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Killed in battle, June 17." 
I Capt. John Davis, Col. James 
Frye. 

" Dead in battle." 
Capt. Jonas Richardson, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Dead in battle." 
Capt. Jonas Richardson, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Dead in battle." 
Capt. Jonas Richardson, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Dead in battle." 
I Capt. Jonas Richardson, Col. 
James Frye. 

' " Killed in battle." 
[ Capt. William Hudson Bal- 
lard, Col. James Frye. 

" Lost in battle." 
Capt. William Pearley, Col. 
James Frye. 

"Killed in battle." 
Capt. Benjamin Ames, Col. 
James Frye. 

"Killed in battle." 
Capt. Benjamin Ames, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Killed in battle." 
I Capt. Benjamin Ames, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Killed June 17." 
Capt. John Black, Col. Jona. 
Brewer. 

("Killed June 17." 

I Capt. John Black, Col. Jona. 

( Brewer. 



Appendix. 



13 



Vol. 
62. . 


56. 
36. 


Ebenezer Childe, Jr . 


Hutchinson (Barre) . 


( " Killed June 17." 

< Capt. John Black, Col. Jona. 

( Brewer. 


64. . 


37. 


Comelng Fairbank . 


Framingham .... 


("Killed June 17." 

J Capt. Aaron Haynes, Col. 

( Jona. Brewer. 


65. . 


37. 


Joshua Haynes . . . 


Sudbury 


( " Killed June 17." 

J Capt. Aaron Haynes, Col. 

( Jona. Brewer. 


66. . 


39 . 


Lebbeus Jennings . . 


Deerfield 


( " Killed June 17." 

j Capt. Thad. Russell, Colonel 

( Brewer's Regiment. 


1. 


62. 


Peter Whitcomb . . 


Littleton 


f " Killed June ye 17." 

1 Capt. Samuel Gilbert, Col. 

( William Prescolt. 


2. . 


62. 


Benjamin Dole . . . 


Littleton 


( " Killed June ye 17." 

J Capt. Samuel Gilbert, Col. 

( William Prescott. 


». . 


62. 


John Lawrence . . • 


Littleton 


( " Killed -June ye 17." 

< Capt. Samuel Gilbert, Col. 

( William Prescott. 


4. . 


62. 


James Whitemore . . 


Littleton 


( " Killed June ye 17." 

1 Capt. Samuel Gilbert, Col. 

( William Prescott. 


83. . 


63. 


Sergt. Nathan Blood . 


Hollisi 


[""Lost in Bunker Hill fight; 
J died June 17." 
1 Capt. Reuben Dows, Col. 
[ William Prescott. 

[■"Lost in Bunker Hill fight; 


84. . 


63. 


Phinehas Nevens . . 


Hollisi 


J died June 17." 

j Capt. Reuben Dows, Col. 

I. William Prescott. 


85. . 


63. 


Thomas Wheat . . . 


Hollisi 


( " Lost in Bunker Hill fight." 
< Capt. Reuben Dows, Col. 
( William Prescott. 


86 . . 


63. 


Peter Poor 


Hollis* 


( " Lost in Bunker Hill fight." 
] Capt. Reuben Dows, Col. 
( William Prescott. 

f'Lost in Bunker Hill fight; 




. 63. 


Caleb Eastman . . . 


Hollis* 


J died June 19." 

I Capt. Reuben Dows, Col. 

[ William Prescott. 


87 . 


63. 


Isaac Hobart .... 


Hollis* 


( " Lost in Bunker Hill fight." 
< Capt. Reuben Dows. Col. 
! WiUlam Prescott. 


88. 


63. 


Jacob Boynton . . . 


Hollis* 


( " Lost in Bunker Hill fight." 
! Capt. Reuben Dows, Col. 
( William Prescott. 

(""Killed June 17 on Bunker 


8. . 


64. 


Chambers Corey . . 


Groton 


J Hill." 

j Capt. Ephraim Corey, Col. 

[ William Prescott. 

(""Killed June 17, Bunker 


89. . 


65. 


Sergt. Benj.Prescott, 


Groton 


J Hill." 

) Capt. Joseph Moors, Col. Wil- 

t Ham Prescott. 

f" Killed June 17, Bunker 


90. 


65. 


Ebenezer Youngman , 


Hollis 


J Hill." 

1 Capt. Joseph Moors, Col. Wil- 

t liam Prescott. 



* Six Hollis names entered. Died June 17. 



14 



City Document No. 73. 



Vol. 
Ol. . 


56. 

65. 


Tbomae Colbourn . 


Dunstable 


( "Killed June 17, Bunker Hill." 
} Capt. Joseph Moors, Col. Wil- 
( Ham Prescott. 


lO. . 


66. 


John Gibson .... 


Fitchburg 


■" Supposed to be killed in the 
battle at Bunker Hill. Died 
June 17." 

Capt. Abijah Wyman, Col. 
William I'rcBcott. 


11. . 


66. 


Cesar Bason .... 


Westford 


f" Slain in battle at Bunker 
1 Hill; died June 17." 
) Capt. Abijah Wyman, Col. 
[ William Prescott. 


14. . 


67. 


Nathl. Parker . . . 


Pepperell* 


r" Slain in the battle atCharles- 
J town, 17th of .Tune, 1775." 
] Capt. John Nuttiug, Col. Wil- 
[ liam Prescott. 


15. . 


67. 


Wm. Warrin .... 


Pepperell 


j Capt. John Nutting, Col. Wil- 
) liam Prescott. 


16 . . 


67. 


Edmund Peers . . . 


Pepperell 


( Capt. John Nutting, Col. Wil- 
( liam Prescott. 


ir. . 


67. 


Wainwright Fisk . . 


Pepperell 


( Capt. John Nutting, Col. Wil- 
( liam Prescott. 


19 . . 


67 . 


Jeremiah Shattuck . 


Pepperell 


( Capt. John Nutting, Col. Wil- 
( liam Pre8Co3t. 


18 . . 


67. 


Ebenr. Laughton . . 


Pepperell 


( Capt. John Nutting, Col. Wil- 
) liam Prescott. 


seo. . 


68. 


Jesse Corless .... 


Deerfleld 


( " Dead June 17." 

} Capt. Hugh Maxwell, Col. 

( William Prescott. 


ai. . 


68. 


Eben Faills 


Charlemont .... 


( " Dead June 17." 

I Capt. Hugh Maxwell, Col. 

{ William Prescott. 


as. . 


68. 


Aaron Barr** . . . 


Meryfield 


( " Dead June IS." 

{Capt. Hugh Maxwell, Col. 

( William Prescott. 


as. 


69. 


Jonathan Bate . . . 


Winchendon .... 


( " Killed in battle June 17." 
] Capt. Samuel Patch, Col. Wil- 
( liam Prescott. 


a4. . 


69. 


Jonas Looker . . . 


Sudbury 


( " Killed in battle June 17." 
] Capt. Samuel Patch, Col. 
( William Prescott. 


as. 


70. 


Joseph Minott . . . 


Westford 


f " Killed in battle June 17." 
< Capt. Joshua Parker, Col. 
( William Prescott. 


ao. . 


70. 


Jonathan Hadley . . 


Westford 


( " Killed in battle June 17." 
] Capt. Joshua Parker, Col. 
( William Prescott. 


a7. 


70. 


Peter Fisk 


Groton 


( " Killed in battle June 17." 
1 Capt. Joshua Parker, Col. 
( William Prescott. 


70. 


82. 


Daniel Callahan . . 


Gloucester 


( " Killed June 17." 

{ Capt. Nathaniel Warner, Col. 

( Moses Little. 


71. 


82. 


Benj. Smith .... 


Gloucester 


( " Killed June 17." 

I Capt. Nathaniel Warner, Col. 

( Moses Little. 


74. 


83. 


Jesse Story .... 


Ipswich 


e (Deceased June 17.) 

■ |Capt. Abraham Dodge, Col. 

t Moses Little. 



* Pepperell names are headed " Men's names that are dead, June 17." 
**0n orders, "A. B., first man killed June 17." 



Appendix. 



15 



Vol. 


56. 


72. . 


85. 


73 




< 
o 

-1 


... 


# 


.39 




Vol. 


56. 


83, . 


131 . 


80. . 


147. 


T5. . 


156. 


76. . 


158. 


77. . 


161. 


40. . 


185. 


lOl . 


189. 


93. . 


194. 


93. . 


194. 


94. . 


194. 


78 . . 


227 


28 











Moses Pigeon .... 
Samuel Nelson . . . 

Benj. Easty .... 

John Thiflsell . . . 

Thos. Allen .... 

David Robbins . . . 

Joshua Whitcomb . 

Jeduthan Alexander, 

Benjamin Reed . . . 

Joseph Kemp . . . 

Sergt. Asahel Nims, 
Paul Caldwell . . . 
Wm. French .... 

Jonas How 

Samuel Heards . . . 

Jonathan Jenkins . 



Newburyport . 



Newburyport . 



Billerica 



Dracut 



Marblehead . . , 

Lancaster . . . , 

Templeton . . . , 

Marlboro' . . . , 

Rutland 

Dunstable . . . . 

Keene 

Londonderry . . . 
Packerfield . . . . 
New Marlborough 
Grafton 



Groton , 



( (Deceased June 17.) 

J Capt. Benjamin Perkins, Col. 

( Moses Little. 

f "Lost his life in the battle at 
Bunker Hill, 17th June, 
1775." 
Capt. Benjamin Perkins, Col. 
Moses Little. 

{" Lost on Bunkers Hill in the 
battle of the 17th of June." 
Capt. Jona. Stickney, Col. 
Ebenezer Bridge. 

" Was killed at Bunker Hill 
fight in June last." 

Capt. Peter Coburn, Col. Eb- 
enezer Bridge. 

f " Killed in battle." 

J Capt. Joel Smith, Col. John 

( Glover. 

f" Killed on Bunkers Hill 
June 17." 
Capt. Andrew Haskell, Col. 
Asa Whitcomb. 

( "Slain June 17." 

] Capt. Joel Fletcher, Col. 

( Ephraim Doolittle. 

{" Slain on Bunker Hill June 
17." 
Capt. Jonathan Holman, Col. 
Ephraim Doolittle. 

" Slain June 17." 
Capt. Adam Wheeler, Col. 
Ephraim Doolittle. 

C" Killed in the fight at Charles- 
J town June the 17th." 
j Capt. Ebenezer Bancroft, Col. 
I. Ebenezer Bridge. 

" Dead in battle 17 June." 
Capt. Jer. Stiles, Col. Paul 
Dudley Sargent. 

fCapt. William Scott, Col. Paul 

Dudley Sargent. 

Killed 17 June." 
•J Capt. William Scott, Col. Paul 

Dudley Sargent. 
Capt. W'illiam Scott, Col. Paul 

Dudley Sargent. 

" Died June 17 in battle." 
Capt. Luke Drury, Col. Jona- 
than Ward. 

" Died atCharlestown Junel7. 
Capt. Henry Farwell, Col. 
William Prescott." 



*The orders in Vol. 57 show that these, and also Asa Pollard (No. 38), were killed on 
June 17th. 



16 



City Document No. 73. 



Died from Wounds, or soon after June 17. 



Vol. 


56. 








47. , 


5. 


Joseph Hibbard . . 


Dracut 


("Died June 20 of wound re- 
J ceived at Bunker Hill. 
1 Capt. James Sawyer, Col. 
[ James Frye. 


55 . . 


9 . 


James Boynton . . . 


Boxford 


((Died June 28). 

{Capt. William Perley, Col. 

( James Frye. 


59. . 


10, 


Jesse Holt 


Andover 


( (Died June 21). 

{ Capt. Benj. Ames, Col. James 

( Frye. 


67 . . 


35. 


Jonas Barnard . . . 


Watertown 


(Died June 20 (?). 

{ Capt. Isaac Gray, Col. Jona- 

( than Brewer. 


03 . . 


36. 


Lucas Green .... 


Winchendon .... 


f" Wounded in the action on 
the 17th of June, and since 

•( deceased." 
Capt. John Black, Col. Jona- 
than Brewer. 


68 . . 


50. 


Timothy Evins . . . 


Ware 


( (June 17 ?)* 

{ Capt. Jonathan Bardwell, Col. 

( David Brewer. 


09. . 


50. 


Stephen Ayres . . . 


Belchertown .... 


( (June 18 ?)* 

1 Capt. Jonathan Bardwell, Col. 

( David Brewer. 

[""Died June 24. 
Charlestown, died of a wound 


5 . . 


62. 


Isaac Whitcombe . . 


Littleton 


J received at a battle on the 
] 17th of June, 1775." 

Capt. Samuel Gilbert, Col. 
[ William Prescott. 


13 . . 


66. 


Amos Wheeler . . . 


Ashby 


(""Wounded in battle at Bun- 
ker Hill on the 17th of June 
<{ and died the 21." 

Capt. Abijah Wyman, Col. 
[ William Prescott. 


35 . . 


70. 


John Gordon .... 


Stow 


( " Died in camp June 19." 

\ Capt. Joshua Parker, Col. 

( William Prescott. 




175. 


John McGrath** . . 


Place unknown . . . 


(""Wounded 17th of June and 
J died 20th Sept." 
] Capt. William Wyman, Col. 
t John Patterson. 


95 . . 


194. 


Joseph Taylor . . . 


Peterborough . . . 


("Dead ("killed" has been in- 
1 serted in pencil on the roll 
1 recently by an unknown 
] hand). 

Capt. William Scott, Col. Pau 
[ Dudley Sargent. 




225 . 


Serg. John Brown*** 


Leicester 


( " Wounded on Bunker Hill." 
I Capt. Seth Washburn, Col. 
( Jonathan Ward. 




225. 


Corp.Kerley Ward*** 


Oakham 


("Wounded on Bunker Hill." 
] Capt. Seth Washburn, Col. 
( Jonathan Ward. 



* A figure doubtful. 
** Undoubtedly a clerical error for Daniel McGrath, my number 9. 
***No evidence yet found that they were killed, or died soon after. 



Appendix. 



17 



Taken Pkisoners June 17, 1775. 



Vol. 


56. 




4. 


6. . . 


.62. 


» . . . 


. 64. 




66 


13 . . 


. 66. 




70. 


36. . 


. 70. 


81. . 


.147. 




147. 




178. 



Darius Seeeions* . 



Archibald Mcintosh, 



Daniel McGrath ** 



Benj. Bigelow* . 



Oliver Stevens*** , 



Lieut. Amaziah Fas- 
set 



David Kemp 



Serg. Eobert Phelps. 



Jeremiah Haskell , 



Jacob Frost* , 



Andover . . 



Raby , 



Peckersfleld . . 



Townsend 



Groton 



G-roton 



Lancaster 



Lancaster 



Tewksbury , 



Captured. 

Capt. Benjamin Farnum, Col. 
James Frye. 

" Taken in battle at Bunker 
Hill. Died Augiist ye 10." 

Capt. Samuel Gilbert, Col. 
William Prescott. 

" Taken captive on June 17." 
Capt. Ephraim Corey, Col. 
William Prescott. 

"Captivated June 17." 
Capt. Abijah Wyman, Col. 
William Prescolt. 

■ " Captivated June 17." 
Capt. Abijah Wyman, Col. 
William Prescott. 

" Taken captive June 17; died 
at Boston July ye 5." 

Capt. Joshua Parker, Col. Wil- 
liam Prescott. 

" Taken captive ; died at Bos- 
ton Sept. 10." 

Capt. Joshua Parker, Col. Wil- 
liam Prescott. 

" Wounded and in captivity, 

June 17." 
Capt. Andrew Haskell, Col. 

Asa Whitcomb. 

" Wounded and in captivity." 
Capt. Andrew Haskell, Col. 
Asa Whitcomb. 

" Was taken in Bunker hill 

Fight." 
Capt. Benjamin Walker, Col. 

Ebenezer Bridge. 



* Alive September 14, 1775, and in prison. 

** I find that Daniel McGrath was dead in Boston before Sept. 14. He is duly entered on 
Capt. Corey's Roll, and on the Coat Roll he and Chambers Corey are crossed off. The .John 
McGrath, Wyman's company, Patterson's regiment, is not elsewhere mentioned, and it is 
doubtful if that regiment was in the fight at all. 
*** Stevens died in captivity in Boston. 



18 



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Appendix. 21 

93 — No. 42. Broderick, Joseph, private, of Captain Daniel Moore's 
company, Stark's regiment, enlisted May 1, and disappeared from tlie roll 
June 17, being allowed on roll pay for one month and eighteen days, but it 
appears no one ever took his money. — State Papers, Vol. 14, p. 70. Gener- 
ally supposed to have been killed. 

104 — No. 43. Patten, James, private, of Captain John Marcy's com- 
pany. Reed's regiment, enlisted May 10; allowed on roll pay for one month 
and eleven days. On roll, D^ June 17. 

105 — No. 44. Melvin, John, private, of Captain John Marcy's com- 
pany, Reed's regiment, enlisted May 25 ; allowed on roll pay for twenty-four 
days. On roll, D<' June 17. 

lOO — No. 45. Chamberlain, Benjamin, private, of Captain John 
Marcy's company, Reed's regiment, enlisted May 26; allowed on roll pay for 
one month and tliree days ; D^ June 25. — State Papers, Vol. 14, pp. 104, 105, 
for Nos. 43, 44, 45. 

The last three men are supposed to have been wounded, and to have died, 
as on the same roll Joseph Farwell is marked K'^ June 17. 

GEORGE C. GILMORE. 
Manchester, N.H., Jan. 30, 1889. 



APPENDIX D. 



List of Prisoners taken at Bunker Hill. 

(From a revised copy printed in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register for 
April, 1888.) 

*Lieat.-ColoQel Parker, Chelmsford, dead. 

*Capt. Beujarain Walker, Clielmsford, (died Aug. 15) dead. 

*Lieut. Amaziah Fassett, Groton, dead. 

81 Serg. Robert Phelps, Lancaster, dead. 
84 Phiueas Nevers [Nevens],*** Windsor, dead. 
13 Oliver Stevens, Townsend, dead. 
9 Daniel McGrath, dead. 

134 Amasa Fisk, Pepperell, dead. 

6 Archibald Mcintosh, Townsend [Raby], dead. 
36 David Kemp, Groton, dead. 

135 William Robinson, unknown, dead. 
128 Benjamin Ross, Ashford, Conn., dead. 

136 John Dillon, Jersey, Eng., dead. 
Unknown, unknown, dead. 

93 William Kench, Peckerfield, dead. [Error for W^m. French.] 

29 James Dodge, Edinburg, Scot., dead. 
133 William RolUnson, Connecticut, dead.**** 

137 John Lord, unknown, dead. 
51 James Milliken, Boston, dead. 

30 Stephen Foster, Groton, dead. 



Lieut. William Scott, Peterboro', alive. 

John Perkins, New Rutland, alive. 
**Jacob Frost, Tewksbury, alive. 
**Daniel Session, Andover, alive, 

Jonathan Norton, Newburyport, alive. 

Philip Johnson Peck, Boston-Mansfield, alive. 
**Benjamin Bigelow, Peckerfield, alive. 

Benjamin Wilson, Billerica, alive. 

John Deland, Charlestowu, alive. 

Lawrence Sullivan, Wethersfield, alive. 
Twenty dead, ten living, September 14, 1775, as printed in the 
" Essex Gazette." 

* These ofQoers are all accounted for. 
** These three are also on the Mass. Coat Rolls. See Appendix B. 
*** Judsre Devens informn me that the name is Nevers. 

**** 8ec'y Hoadly informs me that this was doubtless Wilson Rowlandson of 2d Reg. 
9"" Co. The Connecticut roll says : " died, prisoner in Boston, July 1." 



INDEX OF NAMES OF THE SOLDIERS KILLED OR 
MORTALLY WOUNDED, JUNE 17, 1775. 



(The numbers are the continuous ones prefixed to the names.) 



Abbot, Philip 56 

Adams, Isaac 1 05 

Alexander, Jeduthan 76 

Allen, Thomas 82 

Ashbo, Samuel 129 

Ayres, Stephen 69 

Bacon, Josiah 60 

Barnard, Jonas 67 

Biirr, Aaron 22 

Barrett, John 61 

Bason, Cassar 11 

Bate, Jonathan 23 

Blood, Abraham 31 

Blood, Ebenezer, jr 109 

Blood, Joseph 108 

Blood, Nathan 83 

Blyth, John 52 

Boynton, James 55 

Boynton, Jacob 88 

Broderick, Joseph 104 

Brooks, Josiah 42 

Caldwell, Paul 92 

Callahan, Daniel 70 

Carleton, David 1 lO 

Carlton, George 106 

Chamberlin, Benjamin 117 

Chandler, Joseph 58 

Cheeney, William 126 

Childs, Ebenezer, jr 62 

Clogston, Paul 120 

Colburn, Thomas 91 

Cole, John Ill 

Collins, Thomas . . 96 

Coneck, James 7 

Corey, Chambers 8 

Corless, Jesse 20 

Cram, Asa 121 

Cummings, Matthew 131 



Davis, John 1 13 

Dalton, Caleb 98 

Dillon, John 136 

Dodge, James 29 

Dole, Benjamin 2 

Doyl, Thomas 79 

Eastey, Benjamin 37 

Eaton, John 45 

Evens, Daniel 50 

Evins, Timothy 68 

Faills, Eben 21 

Fairbank, Coming 64 

Farwell, Joseph 114 

Fisk, Amasa 134 

Fisk, Peter 27 

Fisk, Wainwright 17 

Foster, Stephen 30 

Fox, Roger 125 

French, William 93 

Gibson, John lO 

Gordon, John 35 

Gray, Jonathan 122 

Green, Lucas 63 

Hadley, Jonathan 26 

Haggitt, William 57 

Haynes, Joshua 65 

Heards, Samuel 78 

Herrick, Ebenezer 48 

Hibbard, Joseph 47 

Hills, Parker 118 

Hobart, Isaac 87 

Hobart, Simon 33 

Holt, Jesse .... 59 

Howe, Jonas 94 

Huntington, David 44 

Hutchinson, James 112 



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City Document No. 73. 



Jenkins, Jonathan 28 

Jennings, Lebbeus 66 

Kemp, David 36 

Kemp, Joseph . 40 

Laughton, Ebenezer 18 

Lawrence, John 3 

Looker, Jonas 24 

Lord, John 137 

Lovejoy, Jonathan 107 

Lyon, Asahel 127 

McCrillis, William 103 

McGrath, Daniel 9 

Mcintosh, Archibald 6 

Manuel, John 100 

March, Ichabod 53 

Melvin, John ..116 

Memory, Daniel 132 

Milliken, James 61 

Minott, Joseph 25 

Mitchell, William 99 

Nelson, Samuel 73 

Nevens, Phineas 84 

Nims, Asahel 101 

Parker, Nathaniel 14 

Parker, Robert 34 

Parsons, William 43 

Patten, James 1 15 

Peers, Edmund 16 

Phelps, Robert 81 

Pigeon, Moses 72 

Pike, Simeon 46 

Pollard, Asa 38 



Pool, Francis 41 

Poor, Moses 97 

Poor, Peter 86 

Prescott, Benjamin 89 

Reed, Benjamin . . 77 

Robbins, David 80 

Robinson, William 135 

Ross, Benjamin 128 

Rowlandson, Wilson 133 

Russell, Jason 123 

Russell, Samuel 49 

Scott, David 119 

Shannon, George 102 

Shattuck, Jeremiah 19 

Simmons, Joseph 54 

Smith, Benjamin 71 

Smith, Gershom 130 

Stevens, Oliver 13 

Story, Jesse 74 

Taylor, Joseph 95 

Thessill, John 39 

Warrin, William 15 

Wheat, Thomas 86 

Wheeler, Amos 12 

Whitcomb, Isaac 5 

Whitcomb, Joshua 75 

Whitcomb, Peter 1 

Wliitemore, James 4 

Wood, Benjamin 32 

Wood, Oliver 124 

Youngman, Ebenezer 90 



I have also, at your request, arranged these names in eight tables, hereto 
annexed, in the form finally decided upon for the bronze tablets, and I also 
have prepared four smaller tablets, suitably inscribed, as called for by the 
design of C. J. Bateman, City Architect. 

Respectfully submitted, 

WILLIAM H. WHITMORE, 

Record Commissioner. 
City Hall, Boston, June, 1889. 



FRYE'S REGIMENT. 



Currier's company. 
DAVID HUNTINGTON, Amesbury. 

Sawyer^s company. 

JOHN EATON, 

SIMEON PIKE, 

JOSEPH HIBBARD, Dracut. 



[ Haverhill. 



Hicliardson'' s company. 

SAMUEL RUSSELL,! 

DANIEL EVENS, ' 

JAMES MILLIKEN, | 
JOHN BLYTH, J 

Ballardh company. 
ICHABOD MARCH, Amesbury. 



Perley'^s company 

JOSEPH SIMMONS, 
JAMES BOYNTON 



^' } Boxford. 



Antes' company. 
PHILIP ABBOT, 1 

WILLIAM HAGGITT, I Andover 
JOSEPH CHANDLER, ' 



JESSE HOLT, 

Davis's company. 
EBENEZER HERRICK, Methuen. 



WARD'S REGIMENT. 



Drury'^s company. 
SAMUEL HEARDS, Grafton. 



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BREWER'S REGIMENT. 



Blade's company. 

JOSIAH BACON, ] 

JOHN BARRETT, [^Hutchinson. 

EBENEZER CHILDS, JR., J 

LUCAS GREEN, Winchendon. 

Haynes' comjpany. 

COMEING FAIRBANK, Framingham. 

JOSHUA HAYNES, Sudbury. 

MusseWs company. 
LEBBEUS JENNINGS, Deerfield. 

Grays company. 
JONAS BARNARD, Watertown. 

BardwelVs company. 

TIMOTHY EVINS, Ware. 

STEPHEN AYRES, Belchertown. 



LITTLE'S REGIMENT. 



Warner'' s company. 

DANIEL CALLAHAN 
BENJAMIN SMITH 



N, ) ^, 

\ Gloucester. 

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Dodge's company. 
JESSE STORY, Ipswich. 

Perlcins' company. 

MOSES PIGEON, ) ,, ^ 

SAMUEL NELSON,! Newburyport. 



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BRIDGE'S REGIMENT. 

SticJc7iey^s comj^any. 

BENJAMIN EASTEY,) Rillerica 

ASA POLLARD, ) Biilerica. 

Coburn^s company. 
JOHN THESSILL, Dracut. 

Bancroft's company. 
JOSEPH KEMP, Dunstable. 

Howe's company. 

FRANCIS POOL, ) 

JOSIAH BROOKS, \ Gloucester. 

WILLIAM PARSONS, 3 



DOOLITTLE'S REGIMENT. 

Fletcher'' s company. 
JOSHUA WHITCOMB, Templeton. 

Ilolman's company. 
JEDUTHAN ALEXANDER, Marlborough. 

Wheeler^ s company. 
BENJAMIN REED, Rutland. 



GERRISH'S REGIMENT. 
Rogers' company. 
THOMAS DOYL, 



WHITCOMB'S REGIMENT. 

HaslcelVs company. 

SERGT. ROBERT PHELPS,) Lanra<?tPr 
DAVID ROBBINS, i ^a^^^ster. 



GLOVER'S REGIMENT. 
Smithes company. 
THOMAS ALLEN, Marblehead. 



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PRESCOTT'S REGIMENT. 



Littleton. 



Oilherfs company. 

PETER WHITCOMB, 

BENJAMIN DOLE, 

JOHN LAWRENCE, 

JAMES WHITEMORE, 

ISAAC WHITCOMB, 

ARCHIBALD McINTOSH, ) Brook- 

JAMES CONECK, ) line, N. H, 

Corey^s comjjany. 

CHAMBERS COREY, Groton. 

DANIEL McGRATH, Amherst. 

Wyman's company. 

OLIVER STEVENS, Townsend. 

JOHN GIBSON, Fitchburg. 

CAESAR BASON, Westford. 

AMOS WHEELER, Ashby. 

Nutting''s company. 

NATHANIEL PARKER, 1 
WILLIAM WARRIN, 
EDMUND PEERS, 
WAINWRIGHT FISK, 
EBENEZER LAUGHTON, 
JEREMIAH SHATTUCK, 



>PeppereII. 



MaxwelVs compa7iy. 

JESSE CORLESS, Deerfieid. 

EBENEZER FAILLS, Charlemont. 

AARON BARR, Meryfield. 



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PRESCOTT'S REGIMENT, Continued. 



Parlcer's company. 

JOSEPH MINOTT, ) westford 

JONATHAN HADLEY, 3 vvesirora. 

PETER FISK, ] ^ ^ 

DAVID KEMP, I Groton. 

JOHN GORDON, Stow. 

Patch's company. 

JONATHAN BATE, Winchendon. 

JONAS LOOKER, Sudbury. 

Lawrence's company. 

JAMES DODGE, 1 

STEPHEN FOSTER, 
ABRAHAM BLOOD, 
BENJAMIN WOOD, 
SIMON HOBART, 
ROBERT PARKER, 

FarwelVs company. 
JONATHAN JENKINS, Groton. 

Dow's company. 

SERGT. NATHAN BLOOD, 1 

PHINEAS NEVERS, 

THOMAS WHEAT, J'='. 

PETER POOR, 

ISAAC HOBART, 

JACOB BOYNTON, J 



Groton. 



mollis, N.H, 



Moors' company. 

SERGT. BENJAMIN PRES- 

COTT, Groton. 

EBENEZER YOUNGMAN, Hollis, N.H. 
THOMAS COLBOURN, Dunstable. 



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NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS. 



STARK'S REGIMENT. 



Scotfs company. 

PAUL CALDWELL, Londonderry. 

WILLIAM FRENCH, Nelson. 

JONAS HOWE, Marlborough. 

JOSEPH TAYLOR, Peterborough. 

Woodbury^s company. 

THOMAS COLLINS, Windham. 
MOSES POOR, 

Richards' company. 
CALEB DALTON, 



Ahbofs company. 
WILLIAM MITCHELL, Concord. 

Kinsman^s company. 
JOHN MANUEL, Bow. 

Stiles' company. 
SERGT. ASAHEL NIMS, Keene. 

Hutchins' company. 
GEORGE SHANNON, Canterbury. 

Dearhorn^s company. 
WILLLIAM M^CRILLIS, Nottingham, 

Moore^s company. 
JOSEPH BRODERICK, 



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NEW HAMPSHIRE TROOPS. 



REED'S REGIMENT. 



Thomas's comjyany. 

ISAAC ADAMS, ~\ 

GEORGE CARLTON, \ Rindge. 
JONATHAN LOVEJOY, ) 

Mannas company. 
JOSEPH BLOOD, 



EBENEZER BLOOD, JR., ' ^^s^"' 

Spaulding^s company. 
DAVID CARLETON, Lyndeborough. 

Crosby'' s company. 

JOHN COLE, I Amherst 

JAMES HUTCHINSON,) ^'^"«'^^^- 

Hinds' company. 
JOHN DAVIS, Chesterfield. 

Marcy''s company. 

JOSEPH FARWELL, Chariestown. 

JAMES PATTEN, 

JOHN MELVIN, 

BENJAMIN CHAMBERLAIN, 

Hutchin's company. 
PARKER HILLS, Candla. 

Townees company. 
DAVID SCOTT, Peterborough, 

WalTcer'^s company. 
PAUL CLOGSTON, Nashua. 

ASA CRAM, I Wilton. 

JONATHAN GRAY,) vvinon. 

JASON RUSSELL,) Nashua 

OLIVER WOOD, i (Nashua. 



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CONNECTICUT TROOPS. 



ROGER FOX, 
ASAHEL LYON, 
SAMUEL ASHBO, 



WILLIAM CHEENEY, 
BENJAMIN ROSS, 
GERSHOM SMITH, 



MATTHEW CUMMINGS, DANIEL MEMORY. 
WILSON ROWLANDSON. 



SOLDIERS UNASSIGNED. 



AMASA FISK, Pepperell. 

WILLIAM ROBINSON, 

JOHN DILLON, Jersey, Eng. 

JOHN LORD, 



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APPENDIX E. 



Benj. F. Stacet, Esq., Chairman Committee on Bunker Hill 
Tablets : — 
Dear Sir, — In answer to vour communication of April 26, ad- 
dressed to Hon. F. W. Lincoln, I have the honor to transmit a 
copy of the Resolutions passed at a meeting of the Directors of 
the Bunker Hill Monument Association, this day, and am 

Respectfully, your obt. servt., 

A. C. FEARING, Jr., 

Secretary. 

13 DoANE Street, Boston, May 18, 1889. 

Whereas, at a meeting of the Directors of the Association of 
June 18, 1849, it was determined by a resolution reported by the 
Hon. Edward Everett, as the sense of the Board — " That the 
great object for which the obelisk was erected on Bunker Hill is 
monumental and not historical, and that it is not expedient that 
any record of names, dates, or events connected with the battle 
should be inscribed upon it, — " 

Resolved, In view of this, and the fact that the list of names 
upon the intended tablets, of those who fell in the battle is less 
perfect than, in the opinion of the Directors, it may be made, and 
that Ihe inscriptions thereon are not wholly satisfactory, and of 
the further fact that one of the tablets is to be used for the vote 
of the city, and the names of the gentlemen comprising its com- 
mittee, the Directors, who were only informed on April 2'3 of the 
wish of the City Council, are not now prepared to consent to the 
erection of the proposed tablets on the grounds of the Association. 

Resolved, That if the preparation and erection of the tablets can 
be postponed until after June 17, the Directors will most willingly 
bring the whole subject to the consideration of the Association at 
its annual meeting on that day. 

A true copy of Resolves adopted at a meeting of the Directors 
of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, May 18, 1889. 
Attest : ANDREW C. FEARING, Jr., 

Secretary. 



38 City Document No. 73. 

Mat 21, 1889. 

Hon. Frederick W. Lincoln, Chairman Executive Com. B.H. 
Mon. Assoc. : — 

My dear Sir, — I am directed by the Committee on Bnuker Hill 
Tablets to ask your Association if yon will kindly order the 
removal of three of the iron posts at each end of the line, at the 
entrance to the Monument Grounds, opposite Monument avenue. 
Your Association having declined the gift of the tablets from the 
city, the committee have voted to place them on the line of the 
city property, directly in front of the site asked for by this com- 
mittee. In behalf of the committee I acknowledge the receipt of 
reply from the Secretary of your body notifying us of their refusal 
to allow us the privilege of placing the tablets on the proposed 
site. 

By vote of the City Council, this committee have been ordered 
" to complete said tablets in season for erection on the occasion 
of the coming celebration of the anniversary of the battle of 
Bunker Hill, June 17, 1889 ;" you will therefore see that we have 
but little time at our disposal to carry out the vote of the city. 

You will greatly oblige the City Council of Boston by calling 
the notice of your Association to this request, and informing this 
committee at as early a date as possible of the action taken tliereon. 
Very truly yours, 

B. F. STACEY, 

Chairman Com. on Bunker Hill Tablets. 



Boston, May 25, 1889. 
Hon. Benj. F. Stacey, Chairman Committee: — 

Dear Sir, — In answer to your communication requesting " the 
removal of three iron posts at each end of the line at the entrance 
to the monument grounds, opposite Monument avenue," in order to 
make room for the tablets which the city propose to erect upon the 
sidewalk in front, the Standing Committee of the Association must 
respectfully decline to accede to the proposition. It could not be 
adopted without practically adopting and assenting to the erection 
of these tablets upon the grounds, which the committee are not at 
present prepared to do. 

The committee call your attention to the communication of the 
date of May 18, from which it will be seen that the Directors 
have not refused to receive these tablets from the city, but only 
declined for the present to consent to their erection on the grounds, 
promising that if the matter could be postponed until the annual 
meeting to bring the whole subject before the Association. 

This committee has learned with much pleasure that certain 
mistakes in the list of those killed at Bunker Hill, to which the 
attention of tl)e city committee has been called by members of the 
Association, have been corrected, and that one important inscrip- 
tion deemed historically inaccurate by the Association will also be 
amended. 



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This committee has also observed in two at least of the daily 
papers a statement that the city committee had waived, and would 
wave, the question of placing the names of that committee on one 
of the proposed tablets, and had so notified the Association. 
Neither this committee nor the Directors have received any such 
communication. With the highest respect for the city committee 
in its official capacity as representing the city, and also for its 
members personally, this committee and the Directors have 
thought it seriouslv objectionable to place other names upon the 
tablets than those of the men whose memory they are intended to 
honor. They have thought that the interest the city has taken 
would be sufficiently indicated by the simple statement thereon 
that the tablets were erected on June 17, 1S89, by the city of 
Boston, in grateful recognition of those who fell at Hunker 11 ill, 
without the addition of the names or titles of the gentlemen 
officiallv connected with the city. 

If this statement of the press to which we have referred is cor- 
rect, or if upon present consideration the city committee are 
willino- to consent that their names shall be omitted from the 
tablets, a serious obstncle in the minds of many to their erection 
upon the grounds would be at once removed, and this committee 
would forthwith call a meeting of the Board of Directors and lay 
the whole subject again before them. 

This committee desire to assure the gentlemen of the city com- 
mittee that they in no wav or manner object to their names upon 
the tablets, except from the wish that, if erected on the grounds, 
the tablets shall clearly appear to be devoted solely to the com- 
memoration of those who were among the earliest martyrs ot the 
Revolution. . . , 

The committee desire to recognize the ijatriotic purposes ot tne 
city committee, and svmpathize with them fully in their wish that 
the names of those noble men shall be recorded and preserved on 
the spot where they made their glorious sacrifice. 
Very truly yours, 

F. W. LINCOLN, 
Chairman Standing Committee B. H. Monument Asso. 



City of Boston, May 29, 1889. 

Hon. F. W. Lincoln : — 

Deir Sir, — In reply to communication from Bunker Hill 
Monument Association of the "ioth inst., I would state that the 
Committee on Bunker Hill Tablets held a meeting at City Hall, on 
Tuesday 28th inst., at which time the chairman was instructed to 
reply to' the communication last received. The committee, on 
learuino- the objection of your body to remove the posts on High 
street, have concluded, and have so voted, to place them on the 
city property on Winthrop square, which we have evei^ '-eason to 
believe is equally appropriate, as it is really a part of the old bat- 
tle-field. 



40 City Document No. 73. 

By a vote takeu in the committee, it has beeu decided hest for 
the cit}- to retain possession of the tablets, and not to nullify that 
claim by placing them on grounds belonging to private parties. 

One error in your letter ought not to pass without denial ; you 
mention mistakes as being corrected in the lists. The commit- 
tee's work is the finished tablets, when put in place ; your mem- 
bers were shown copies of Mr. Whitmore's proof-sheets, which 
you very improperly have made public in part. These were not 
the work of the committee, and they are not responsible for them 
until the}' have accepted Mr. Whitmore's final draft. 

The committee express their respect for the Association as cus- 
todians of the grounds, and most cordially invite them to take 
part in the ceremonies incidental to the dedication of the tablets. 

Ver}' truly yours, 

B. F. STAGEY, 

Chairman Com. B.H. Tablets. 



The following letter was published in the " Boston Transcript " 
of May 24, 1880, and shows the opinion of at least one member of 
the Bunker Hill Monument Association : — 

To the Editor of the Transcript, — 

Mr. William H. Whitmore, having magnanimously shouldered 
the tablets of the City Council, with all their blunders, not unnat- 
urally wishes to find some place where he may divest himself of 
the load, ere it prove of those 

" Instructions which, being taught, return 
To phigue the inventor." 

As a member of the Bunker Hill Monument Association I decidedly 
object to our premises being the dumping-ground of such ill-di- 
gested work. 

It is admitted by Mr. Whitmore that the inscriptions have been 
hurried, " the city having ordered the tablets to be ready by the 
17th of June, and the founders demanded six weeks to cast them." 
The first intimation the Directors of the Association had that these 
tablets were contemplated was on the 4th of May, leaving forty- 
four days to the 17th of June ; deducting six weeks for the found- 
ers the Association would have had only two days to consider the 
whole prcjject, which Mr. Whitmore admits has been hurried, even 
to him. 

The Direction of the Association embraces a wide interest in tlie 
community, including clergymen, physicians, lawyers, scholars, his- 
torians, antiquaries, mechanics, and men of business. While they 
were unanimous as to the inexpediency of being hurried into the set- 
ting up of the tablets, the objections raised against them were vari- 
ous. The primary one was mechanical, — that bronze tablets should 
not be set in a frame of cast-iron, that would require constant repair 
to preserve it from the weather. It was also objected that the design 



Appendix. 41 

was commonplace and vulgar ; tliat the tablets were exaggerated 
tombstones, modelled after the bulletin-boards of bill-posters. 
When the inscriptions were criticised, the objections were innu- 
merable. The initial blunder was in calHng the men who fought 
under Prescott and Putnam " soldiers of the Continental army," 
which had no existence till the following July. This hns since 
been exclianged for " soldiers of the New England army," which 
never had any existence at all. Two quotations were given, one 
by " Quincy," one by " Webster," but what Quincy or what Web- 
ster is not stated. The commonplace sentence attributed to 
Webster might have been made by Noah Webster, or Peletiah 
Webster ; if it was by Daniel Webster, it recalls the " Spectator's " 
" nothing of TuUy but his wart, or of Cato but his little finger." 

" Prescott and Putnam shared the honors of the day." 
Prescott and Putnam and man}' others immortalized their names by 
their bravery and skill, but the honors were on the other side ; the 
Americans were not only beaten, but driven from the field, though, 
by Mr. Whitmore's figures, there were at the end of the fight 
1,059 unhurt Americans to 946 British. 

The Association does not aspire to the Cockney affluence of the 
Public Garden, but, compared with the Common, the allusion to 
the " rather shabby entrance to the grounds" seems uncalled for. 

The original design of the Bunker Hill Monument was to " com- 
memorate the early events of the American Kevolution, and to 
build a monument." It was intended to mark an era, not to 
glorify individuals. This intention is amply verified in its printed 
proceedings, with the indorsement of Daniel Webster, Ed- 
ward Everett, and Robert C. Winthrop. The last-mentioned has 
called it " our earliest, proudest, and most cherished national 
monument." 

This controversy about these paltry tablets will at least have 
one good effect : it will draw attention to what has alwa^'s been 
near to the heart of Mr. Whitmore, — "to encourage the study of 
the history of Boston and to preserve its antiquities," — the motto 
of the Bostonian Society, which may be called the child of Mr. 
Whitmore's restless brain. Let us hope that he will not, in the 
end, like Saturn, devour his own offspring. 

With another year's careful study, some inconspicuous memo- 
rial of the dead may be laid upon the grounds of the Association 
or affixed to the walls of the contemplated lodge ; but, for the 
present, the unanimous opinion of the Association undoubtedly is 
that it will have nothing to do with the burden importunately 
thrust upon it. 

I remain, with great respect, your obedient servant, 

SAMUEL H. RUSSELL. 
May 24, 1889. 



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